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Show CONSUMERS FARE WELL UNDER FOOD RATIONING Here's how the U S consumer has fared under wartime food rationing: Last year we ate over ov-er 15 per cent more milk and milk products (excluding butter) but-ter) than we ate before the war. 10 percent more potatoes, 15 per cent more tomatoes and citrus cit-rus fruit, 20 per cent more vegetable veg-etable proteins, 4.7 per cent more meat, 15.7 more eggs, and slightly more poultry, fish and game and more of all kinds of vegetables. On the debit side, the U S consumer ate 1.3 per cent less fats and oils, 21 per cent less sugars and sirups, and 11 per cent less tea, coffee and cocoa. In general, our food supply provided increases in food nutrients nu-trients ranging from 2 per cent for calories (heat units) to 18 per cent for riboflavin (needed for health and normal growth) and 37 per cent for thiamin (guards against unsteady nerves. |